UI shell right panel
Color
The UI Shell can be customized to use any of the four IBM themes by applying an inline theme to the shell zone.
Element | Property | Color token |
---|---|---|
Panel | background color | $layer |
border-left | $border-subtle | |
Header action | border-left, border-right | $border-subtle |

UI shell switcher example
Item
State | Property | Color token |
---|---|---|
Enabled | text color | $text-secondary |
Hover | background color | $layer-hover |
text color | $text-primary | |
Focus | border | $focus |
Active | background color | $layer-active |
text color | $text-primary | |
Selected | background color | $layer-selected |
text color | $text-primary | |
Disabled | text color | $text-disabled |
Typography
Element | Font-size (px/rem) | Font-weight | Type token |
---|---|---|---|
Item | 14 / 0.875 | SemiBold / 600 | $heading-compact-01 |
Structure
The panel spans the full height of the browser and is fixed to the right edge of the window.
Element | Property | px/rem | Spacing token |
---|---|---|---|
Panel | width | 256 / 16 | – |
Item | height | 32 / 2 | – |
padding left, padding right | 16 / 1 | $spacing-05 | |
Header action | height, width | 48 / 8 | – |
svg | 20 / 1.25 | – |

Structure and spacing measurements for right panel | px | rem.